Napier Launches AI/ML-powered Virtual Assistant for All Healthcare Applications, Ushering in the “Death of the Keyboard”

SINGAPORE, JULY 4, 2018 – Leading Singapore-based healthcare software provider Napier Healthcare Solutions has announced the General Availability (GA) of its artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-powered virtual assistant.

Napier Assistant is the ‘virtual’ primary front end to Napier’s acute and long-term care software, such as its Hospital Information System, Nursing Home and Home Care solutions. The Napier Assistant will be available to work with any third-party application to empower key users such as doctors and nurses. It can be integrated with monolithic legacy systems currently being used by many hospitals today, providing an easy-to-use voice interface. Napier has released this product simultaneously for the Asia Pacific, China, Middle East and India markets.

When ported into an application, Napier Assistant enables a comprehensive voice interface that can obviate the need for the use of a keyboard. These voice-controlled functions include navigation through menus and commands that are specific to the user, such as:-

a Patient who wants to track his health status and the next doctor’s appointment

Freedom from not having to use the keyboard is a huge productive boost for any users in their daily tasks. This translates into fewer clinical errors, more facetime between care provider and patient, and ultimately better care at lower costs for all. That’s why it represents the “death of the keyboard” as we know it.

The general availability of Napier Assistant can support Singapore in particular, in its quest to meet the healthcare objectives of its Smart Nation programme, launched by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 24 November 2014. The AI/ML-powered Napier Assistant can potentially drive higher productivity in healthcare, improve patient care and raise population health standards by eliminating human errors.

Napier Healthcare has been an active participant in a number of national healthcare technology initiatives to date. They include lab trials in the Smart HDB Town Framework under the Smart Nation initiative in 2015, and more recently a comprehensive telehealth study supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority. The company expects Napier Assistant to be a significant force in helping drive the adoption of advanced technologies such as AI and ML among local healthcare providers.

“As a Singapore company, Napier is proud to be able to make a contribution to not only our Smart Nation programme, but also to efforts in the execution of the national Health IT Master Plan,” said Tirupathi Karthik, CEO, Napier Healthcare.”

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About Napier Healthcare Solutions

Headquartered in Singapore, Napier Healthcare Solutions is a specialist global technology vendor for healthcare providers. Since 1996, the company has been a software provider for private & public sector hospitals across the globe, helping them capture clinical information, streamline workflows, reduce medical errors and drive cost efficiencies. Additionally, its expanded portfolio today covers the information needs of operators of long-term care facilities.

Napier is a pioneer in promoting an “inclusive technology” that can be used by everyone with the least training effort. Napier offers Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning solutions that healthcare providers can now launch new service lines in the shortest possible time on the Cloud and with comprehensive Mobility access. For more information, make your way to www.napierhealthcare.com.